I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 265
Chapter 265: We Are Invincible
Because it was still early, there weren’t many customers in the cafe. Only a few “night owls” from the cat clan were rolling around on the ground, or lazily lying on the floor, following the floor-cleaning robot as it “patrolled”.
Dingman, who had a good relationship with me, as usual, quickly came downstairs from the second floor as soon as he sensed my and Xiao Mo’s presence, and rubbed against our shins a few times.
“Ouyang already talked to me carefully last night. She said you weren’t very satisfied with the rewards for this angel-searching mission.”
As we entered the cafe, Su Yunjin looked somewhat embarrassed. “And hope headquarters can increase the reward?”
I remained silent for a moment. “Did Sister Ouyang say that?”
“How is that possible? Ouyang is someone who fiercely protects her own. She wouldn’t directly tell me… People in the café feel that the reward isn’t good enough, they think the bonus is too low, they want a raise. Leaving aside the fact that with your personalities you wouldn’t ask Ouyang for such a thing, even if you did…”
Su Yunjin paused here for a moment. “Even if you did say that, Ouyang wouldn’t relay it like that. She would only say she felt the reward was too little and demanded better treatment.”
I joked, “Seems like Jituto is quite familiar with Sister Ouyang?”
“Not really familiar, but we’re just ordinary friends. I’ve also heard my dad talk about his employees at home, and Ouyang Xue is a typical example.”
Su Yunjin smiled, “Actually, even if she didn’t say it, I knew. The demand from headquarters is indeed a bit excessive. Originally, finding full-time anchors is the responsibility of headquarters, after all… Female anchors with such skills either already have their own live broadcasts to make money, or they have signed contracts with some big companies to broadcast under their banners. They wouldn’t have a lot of time to play games normally, and their talents are strong. It’s impossible for them not to leverage their talents to make money in such an environment.”
After saying that, Su Yunjin glanced at me and Yin Xiamo respectively. “Unless it’s a real angel, an existence beyond our human understanding.”
“So, Nuo’er really brought an angel.”
Yin Xiamo raised an eyebrow. “As the boss… how do you plan to respond?”
“I’m just a small manager.”
“So, Mr. Manager, are you interested in shearing the sheep of capital with us?”
Yin Xiamo continued in her calm tone, “Our angel should perfectly meet your requirements.”
“Then let’s test it later. After testing, I’ll listen to the opinions of that friend-killer.”
“Your friend-killer…”
I scanned the cafe. “Where is he?”
In the APEX Battle Royale, killers are defined as “the top 750 players in global ranking matches,” meaning they are the most elite players.
The prestige of this rank is almost equivalent to the highest-ranking challenger in “League of Legends,” or even at the level of professional players.
Su Yunjin mentioned that his friend was ranked 27th among the killers in the previous season of APEX Legends, which could be considered as “the champion among professional players.”
According to official data, the peak number of players in APEX Battle Royale is 400,000. For such a large number of players, being in the top 30 is indeed remarkable.
Su Yunjin said that this person lacks emotional intelligence. Even if I haven’t directly interacted with him, I know that someone who can stand at the top level of an industry indeed has the “arrogance” capital.
When Su Yunjin says he has “low emotional intelligence,” it’s probably a more general way of saying it. More straightforwardly, it might mean—this person has a bad temper, speaks rudely, or even looks down on female gamers.
“I’ll help Ouyang set up the computer downstairs.”
Su Yunjin gestured towards the corridor next to the cat living area. “Do you want to go down and meet him? He knows you too.”
“He knows me?”
I was somewhat surprised. “Have we met before?”
“You haven’t, but I mentioned you to him before.”
Su Yunjin shrugged. “Nuo’er, you play APEX too, right? He’s a professional player. He was my senior in college, and we had a decent relationship, so I told him about you. I said you used to be a novelist, we played games together, and that you pretended to be an adult with a voice changer but turned out to be a little girl in reality. He also watched some of your promotional videos after you started working at the cafe.”
Oh, I see… So, this person knows me, he’s a good friend of Su Yunjin in real life and a professional APEX player, but I don’t know him?
“Well then, I’ll go downstairs and take a look too.”
I walked towards the corridor behind the cat living area. “I noticed that all those components are new, it seems like they’re all from… a company called Jialan. Many of the components look very heavy and new. Is Sister Ouyang okay with this?”
“Most computer components more or less follow the style of the previous generation. As long as you’re familiar with the installation steps, you can basically install them.”
Su Yunjin smiled. “Do you know there’s a law in the computer world? Girls who can assemble computers… usually have some bitter or mature past experiences. Sister Ouyang was severely cheated in that brand computer mall before, but it also made her mature.”
Is that about the incident when she was promoting computers as a virtual anchor?
Indeed, Ouyang Xue confided in me about the past because of the overwhelming pressure at the time.
I still remember when she summarized her youth with the words of the Golden Dragon Geraint from the online game ‘Dragon Nest’, ‘I did my best, but I didn’t get the best result.’
So, idolizing, finally finding direction, finally entering a big company, studying various knowledge so hard, but in the end…
“Sister Ouyang!”
Down the open corridor behind the cat living area, I easily found Ouyang Xue assembling a computer in one of the rooms in the basement, filled with RGB lights and various cyberpunk-style architecture. Under my gaze, Ouyang Xue, bathed in the glow of the breathing lights, took a deep breath and placed a highly ornate metal chassis, primarily in yellow, which almost blended with the cyberpunk-style background, onto the computer desk.
It was the Montech Sky One K901 full-tower computer chassis, as mentioned by Sikong Yue at the entrance of the cafe earlier.
I had recently “crammed” the knowledge related to computer chassis. Generally, there are several types of computer chassis: ATX chassis, Mini chassis, mid-tower/ATX chassis, and full-tower chassis. The full-tower chassis can be considered the largest in size, with the largest internal space and weight, and the most expandability.
With the increasing demand for computer performance in games, ordinary small chassis can no longer meet the requirements of internal components. Some graphics cards are even larger than the motherboard itself, which small chassis cannot accommodate. Moreover, high-performance components often require better heat dissipation, necessitating larger chassis to maintain airflow and cooling efficiency.
Sikong Yue said that their Montech Sky One K901 full-tower chassis alone weighs 20 kilograms.
And my current weight… is 28 kilograms, just a little heavier than this chassis.
Moreover, a computer isn’t just about the chassis. Inside, you’ll also need to install a power supply, motherboard, graphics card, fans, and heatsinks, among other things. All of these combined with the chassis… will probably weigh around 30 kilograms.
And a computer desk’s surface can’t just hold the chassis. You also need to place a monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, and some personal items. So, a qualified computer desk should be able to withstand the weight of an adult.
“You’re here.”
Seeing me, Ouyang Xue, who had just placed the chassis on the table, wiped the sweat off her forehead.
“You even come on your day off. You’ve worked hard, Nuo’er.”
“Sister Ouyang is the one who’s worked hard.”
I glanced at the various components in the room and for some reason thought of Jiang Wei’s girlfriend, Ye Zi.
“Do you have a lot of computers to assemble?”
At that time, Ye Zi came to our house alone, carrying a large pile of components and a chassis directly on her back. Although the chassis she chose was different from this full-tower chassis, it was smaller and much lighter. But just seeing her carrying that backpack and dragging that huge suitcase behind her made me feel especially hardworking.
“Yeah, Su Yunjin called a few of his friends to come and help.”
Ouyang Xue grabbed a bottle of water from the side, took a sip, and glanced at me and Xiao Mo with a concerned look.
“Have you had breakfast?”
“We’ve eaten.”
“The two of you… with this attire…”
For some reason, after drinking the water, Ouyang Xue chuckled lightly. “Are you going to a comic convention?”
“Yeah.”
“Looks fitting.”
Ouyang Xue relaxed her expression. “Xiao Mo naturally fits the cool and beautiful type, so cosplaying as a Lumine suits her well. Nuo’er has a naturally cute attribute, so cosplaying as Little Dendro Archon, while not looking as wise as Nahida, is still pretty close. Just think of it as spending too much time with the Traveler and being corrupted into stupidity.”
Cute is fine, but being called stupid because of it… ugh…
“Su Yunjin said he has a friend who competes in APEX, is he helping with computer assembly here?”
Yin Xiamo stepped forward. “Where are they?”
“There, across from us, that’s the eSports area. The three guys are over there.”
Ouyang Xue pointed to the massive screen behind her. “This is the console area, with screens over 42 inches, not suitable for esports. The esports room is over there, with smaller screens and high refresh rates. I reckon your friend Su Yunjin is over there.”
Finally, Ouyang Xue added, “That scoundrel Su Yunjin, is he planning to have your people compete with those guys?”
I was surprised. “How did you know?”
“It’s easy to guess. I’ve made so many requests to him, there must be an assessment phase.”
Ouyang Xue looked at me. “Are you confident? How’s the gaming level of that Gabriel?”
“Just make sure Tongmeng prepares the rewards.”
Standing by the door in Traveler cosplay, Yin Xiamo leaned against it, wearing a sly expression.
“Or Sister Ouyang, maybe you could talk to Tongmeng again. We’ve got an ace-level player this time.”
“An ace-level player?”
Ouyang Xue was puzzled. “What do you mean?”
“Don’t they want to see the angel’s gaming level? Well, our heavyweight player’s gaming level crushes all earthlings.”
“So confident? Alright, I’ll go bother the boss again. They value this project the most.”
Ouyang Xue took out her phone. “Wait for my good news.”
“Both of you.”
At this moment, Su Yunjin also came down from above and pointed to the room opposite, where the screen was shining brightly.
“My friend is over there.”
“Alright.”
Yin Xiamo and I exchanged a glance, then walked over with Su Yunjin, pushing open the partially open door to this side.
Instantly, a room with a cybercafe-style “esports room” appeared before me. The sky with thundercloud effects, the walls adorned with futuristic cityscape paintings, and a plethora of RGB light strips fluctuating along with the surrounding keyboard sounds.
In this room, there were already three young men of similar age to Su Yunjin sitting, dressed casually and seemingly relaxed. However, judging from their clean skin and confident attire, their “social status” should be similar to Su Yunjin’s.
“Hey, I brought two beauties over, and you guys can’t even be bothered to take a look?”
Su Yunjin entered the cool room first, walking up behind one of the youths wearing headphones and continuously tapping on the keyboard.
“Wake up, stop playing!”
“Brother Ji?”
Upon hearing the voice, the young man first glanced at Su Yunjin, then shifted his gaze towards me and Xiao Mo.
“So, the girl you said is here to test skills is them? Otakus? You know I don’t like talking to otakus.”
“No, but she’s arriving soon.”
Su Yunjin slapped his head fiercely. “What’s with the talk about otakus and non-otakus? Can’t you speak nicely? You’re not giving face, huh?”
“It’s true. You had me come over to test the computer, but now you want me to test the girl’s marksmanship, huh.”
The young man sneered disdainfully. “Forgive my bluntness, but there isn’t a single girl in this world who can pass my test.”
Su Yunjin’s mouth twitched a few times. “So arrogant?”
“There aren’t many guys who can, let alone girls.”
The young man seemed to have finished some kind of adjustment and took off his headphones.
“Don’t blame me if your friend ends up crying later. It’s not my responsibility.”
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